Necessary Assumption... WHAT??

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  dogmadaddy Alum Member

  September 2023 58 karma

  Think of them as Must Be True question types. If you negate them, the whole argument should crumble. For example:

  I should buy pizza tonight for dinner because it's Monday and I always eat pizza for dinner on Monday.

  Necessary assumption: I have the money to buy pizza.

  If I negate this assumption (I do not have the money to buy pizza), my whole argument falls apart. How am I supposed to buy pizza if I don't have the money? In order for this argument to work, it has to be the case that I have money to buy the pizza. In other words, it must be true.

  So, just approach them as Must Be True and you will also be able to eliminate a ton of lousy answer choices that certainly don't have to be true for the argument to work. Identifying the right one will also be much easier.
• vd290110 Live Member

  September 2023 67 karma

  @dogmadaddy
  WOW!! This has helped me so so much. I went from literally missing all or only getting one correct to only missing 1-2 on the drill sets!! Thank you so so so much!! Thank you!!
• MEHCAM190 Live Member

  September 2023 105 karma

  I dont know, I wanna agree with you but I don't think it always works @dogmadaddy